Colchicine is a highly poisonous alkaloid originally extracted from a type of saffron plant that is used mainly to treat gout.
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It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
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In 1886, William Bates reported on the discovery of a substance produced by the adrenal gland that turned out to be epinephrine (adrenaline). In 1904, this drug was first artificially synthesized by Friedrich Stolz.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
Some organisms used as models in genetic research
Young boy with characteristic nasal crease from the repeated action of the “nasal salute” caused ...
Emphysema. (a) Illustration comparing normal lungs and emphysemic lungs. The inserts illustrate how
Mechanisms of action of antiepileptic drugs that affect GABA.